probe /prəʊb/ CET4 TEM4 ( probing, probed, probes )

• 1. 

  V-I If you probe into something, you ask questions or try to discover facts about it. 调查; 探寻

  例：

  The more they probed into his background, the more inflamed their suspicions would become.

  他们越深入调查他的背景，对他的怀疑就会越强烈。

  例：

  For three years, I have probed for understanding.

  3年来我一直在寻求理解。

• 2. 

  N-COUNT Probe is also a noun. 调查; 探寻

  例：

  ...a federal grand-jury probe into corruption within the FDA.

  …联邦大陪审团对食品及药品管理局内部腐败的一次调查。

• 3. 

  V-I If a doctor or dentist probes, he or she uses a long instrument to examine part of a patient's body. 用探针探查

  例：

  The surgeon would pick up his instruments, probe, repair, and stitch up again.

  外科医生会拿起器械进行探查、修复，然后再缝合。

  例：

  Dr. Amid probed around the sensitive area.

  阿米德医生在敏感部位周围做了探查。

• 4. 

  N-COUNT A probe is a long thin instrument that doctors and dentists use to examine parts of the body. 探针

  例：

  ...a fibre-optic probe.

  …一根光纤探针。

• 5. 

  V-T If you probe a place, you search it in order to find someone or something that you are looking for. 搜索

  例：

  A flashlight beam probed the underbrush only yards away from their hiding place.

  一束手电光搜索了离他们藏身之处仅几码远的低矮灌丛。